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My latest novel, Second Chances, is now available for e-book and Kindle download. It will be released in paperback in March 2010.
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"Free wedding dress. Worn only once by mistake." One simple little ad, but it turned the whole world upside down (or perhaps right side up) for not only one couple, but for two couples.
Mike Farley stomped on Jane Porter's heart with his cowboy boots. When he realized he had made the biggest mistake of his life, could he ever get it back the way it should be? Ma Liz Farley and Pa Jim Porter decided they had to do anything they could to make it right. But were they really willing to go "all the way" to accomplish it?
Set in rural Wyoming, Second Chances is a delightful read that will warm your heart as much as the fireplace will warm your cheeks.
REVIEWS :
A thoroughly enjoyable read (5 stars)
Wyoming rancher's daughter Jane Porter has an "understanding" with neighbor Mike Farley. They've had that understanding all their lives, it seems - or at least since they got old enough to realize how boys are different from girls. So why is Jane's widowed father telling her that everyone in their geographically spread out yet closely knit community is talking about Mike's upcoming marriage to a stranger? To red-headed and beautiful Samantha Jo Smith, who met Mike in a bar and who said "yes" so fast that Mike doesn't remember proposing to her?
That's the setup for this delightful novel. It has just enough spice to please author Maguire's established fans, and it's sweet enough to attract a whole new following for her. I read it through in an evening, and felt as if I had spent that evening with "salt of the earth" folk. No wonder Maguire dedicates this book to her parents! I am sure they would both be proud to read it.
--Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of 2005 EPPIE Winner "Regs" and the "High Places" series from eBooksOnThe.Net
Want ads bring more than a buyer (5 stars)
I have read Kristie Leigh Maguire's other books, but this one definitely tops the list. When Wyoming rancher Mike Farley shocks the town by marrying an "outsider," his former girlfriend, Jane Parker, is devastated. So, before long, is Mike. It doesn't take long before he realizes he has made the biggest mistake of his life.
The good news comes when his wife takes off with some of his money and his beloved Jeep and heads for greener pastures (as a country western singer in Nashville). She has left Mike with only one reminder of their short life together: her wedding dress. Mike wants no part of it, so he places a classified ad for it in the local newspaper. He didn't expect the "taker" it brought forth.
A fun read with lots of real down home folks you will remember for years to come. Highly recommended.
-Reviewed by Janet Elaine Smith, multi-genre author
Best romance book as of late! (5 stars)
I think Kristie Leigh Maquire, Author of "Second Chances" has written her BEST BOOK yet!....It kept my interest to the very end and I didn't want to put it down when I had to....She had a unique twist that kept the love birds alive with a happy ending, which I loved....Overall, a very well written romance book and entertaining....Thanks for placing this on kindle for all of us to download and enjoy....I'll be looking forward to more books like this from Kristie Leigh Maquire....She is the best!
-Reviewed by Martha W. (Butterfly)
This (Second Chances) is written about a western couple and their parents. Two ranches adjacent and love gone awry make for an interesting read. Mike, the son, rethinks his marriage which seemed a "mistake" and hopes for a second chance at love with his former girlfriend. So goes the love life of her father, Jim Porter and Mike's mother, Liz, a neighbor widow. Will both couples find a second chance in spite of the rocky road ahead?
--Reviewed by retired reading teacher Eva Marie Osier